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though it had been a while since bo’s time in the league, theo beckett’s face was one even most civilians would recognize. the poisonous vaporeon in his company was fitting.[break][break]

instantly, even with his heatran there at his side, bo felt a chill wash over him. his feet were heavy stones in the gray earth.[break][break]

“call me what you want.”[break][break]

maher. boruta. rat. no one could possibly name him any worse than he’d already named himself.[break][break]

”are you here to kill me?”[break][break]

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cillian had once been less a devil, and more a friend, though at the time, they’d both been swathed in the same darkness. bo felt it creeping up his ankles, even without the miasma.[break][break]

“cillian.”[break][break]

his gaze wasn’t unlike the one he’d had before in the alleyway in sootopolis, when the underboss had chased off hungry dogs set to tear him up. it was not friendly – but it was tired. a certain light was gone, perhaps surrendered to the dark once again.[break][break]

“i wanna make a deal for my family’s safety.”

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bo entered the parlor feeling quite like the shadow he was dressed as, dark circles under his eyes. the rest of the attendees blended into the atmosphere, out of focus, ollie morales and CIAN MAHER included.[break][break]

for a moment, he half-expected DEREK HOFFMAN to appear one last time before his journey to the border. when it didn't happen, however, he drifted closer to the casket while it was unoccupied, though surrounded by willow atkins ’s glaring reminders of his own falsehood.[break][break]

one could not lie to a ghost.[break][break]

"i guess you probably know where that temple is now,” he said softly. a moment passed. finding himself unable to get more words out, he kept it short. ”i’m sorry, man.”[break][break]

soon, hoffman and jonesy went out of focus too, and bo turned sharply away, b-lining down a hall to gather himself.

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domino effects occurred all around hoenn and its ecosystems. as the rift in the desert grew, a swarm of orthworm were pushed further west, nearly all the way to the trees bordering route 113 – bo’s jurisdiction.[break][break]

after a call from a rural resident about gardens dug up, he’d gone to investigate, arriving only after things had escalated. a battle for territory had resulted in the violent removal of a family of alolan diglett and dugtrio.[break][break]

battered bodies with dented and broken whiskers were plucked off the top soil and loaded into a large box with plenty of dirt.[break][break]

when bo entered the pokemon home, it was with that same box in-hand. he did his best to peer around it so as not to step on any small things that might be running around.[break][break]

”hello? i have some rescues from route 113.”[break][break]

the swarm had been reported. he figured whoever was working that day, they’d know about it.[break][break]

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mid-summer, pre-war

[break]

he’d been in lavaridge making a delivery, so mt. chimney hadn’t been too out of the way. still, he wasn’t sure why he was there sight-seeing. it wasn’t beautiful. it was strange and depressing, and a reminder that he would never escape the evils he’d grown from.[break][break]

”it’s weird, huh?”[break][break]

the heatran leisurely stamping along beside him grunted, its fiery eyes gone grey as everything else around them. bo gazed in quiet horror at the colorless anomaly, wondering what kind of omen it might be.[break][break]

perhaps it would spread, like the crystal. like bamboo. like weeds suffocating flowers, killing the beauty of the world. few things had looked quite so apocalyptic.[break][break]

rocks crunched underfoot nearby, and he turned, only to stare with chilling recognition at his unexpected company.[break][break]

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though he hadn’t had a cigarette in years, pungent smoke rolled out from beneath his hood as he stared over the dark waves between mossdeep and sootopolis.[break][break]

he wondered if lugia watched him, corrupt monster, cursed by what should have never been. maybe he could relate.[break][break]

more fondly, he thought of the eyes of his mother, and wondered if she watched him too. to the breath of her memory in the ocean air, he uttered his apologies quietly.[break][break]

“i’m nothing that i promised you i would be.”[break][break]

a brother. a guide. a shield. a teacher.[break][break]

damn the ash.[break][break]

he took a drag, the chemical stench of it gross all the way to his heart. it tasted far worse than he remembered, but he supposed it was fair and fitting for the coward that sucked the filter.[break][break]

damn it all.[break][break]

he waited for the devil to appear.

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emotions had run high on the atkins farm the last winter, but time had a way of putting things into perspective. in the wake of more waves of the prophesized apocalypse, bo’s grudge had weathered like the farm’s successes. there were more important things.[break][break]

”hey, ollie!”[break][break]

seeing the head ranger appear at the edge of the farm, surely there to visit willow atkins , he paused his end-of-day rounds and nodded towards the barn situated not far from the house. ”you got a sec?”[break][break]

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'it didn’t mean anything.’[break][break]

bo crossed his arms, growing more and more offended by ollie’s fumbling.[break][break]

then, he felt a punch from left field. the triangle connected. he’d tried to kiss willow.[break][break]

”wait, what?”[break][break]

hurt and rage and robbed sleep burned in his eyes as he glowered at ollie, wild thoughts and poor decisions running through his mind despite himself. ”oh, man.”[break][break]

looking back at willow, he then began rattling off points in his own defense. ”i didn’t know he was your best friend.” not really. not at the time, at least. ”i thought the world was ending. it was a crazy week, and i was drunk too.”[break][break]

and it hadn’t meant anything.[break][break]

”but it won’t ever happen again, i assure you, because your best friend’s an asshole.” after a split second he thought to add, ”and, because i love you.”[break][break][break]

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the honey.[break][break]

that moment, as he sipped his coffee and gazed out the window in the vague direction of the bee boxes, he became a fox in the henhouse.[break][break]

despite the sinking feeling in his heart from the realization, he chuckled and approached from behind her back. poured the rest of his mug out from around her, and with the other hand reached up to briefly knead at what tension in her shoulders he predicted he’d find there.[break][break]

“i'm sure roman’s probably looking for any way to get out of whatever you have lined up for him today.”[break][break]

when she reached for the mask and prepared for the many tasks at hand, he rinsed his mug out too and readied to follow.[break][break]

“okay, miss atkins.” one of these days, he’d change that, he told himself – but unfortunately, not before he lied to her again. he slipped on his work boots at the door. ”it’s all gonna be fine, y’know.”[break][break]

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”i’ll do whatever you need me to.”[break][break]

though he forced a reassuring smile, it was a flat note beneath a distant gaze.[break][break]

for all he’d tried to be their protector, he could not hope shield their home from the onslaught of ash, fate, and divine warfare. he could not save the crops. he could not save any of it.[break][break]

gods of hell, every one of them monsters, curses like the rocks and the crystals and so-called anomalies. simpler times were too far-off to have hope they'd ever return.[break][break]

taking a sip of his coffee, he realized it had gone cold. pulled his scarred hand from hers and raised wearily to top off his cup.[break][break]

”i’ll go back to work.” anxiety bit at his tired nerves, a sick feeling. ”we’ll put up a security system.”[break][break]

the rest of the plan went unsaid: he would talk to Cillian Quinn .[break][break]

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he stared at his brother as cian poked him in the chest, before his brow furrowed at the questioning. ”what do you mean, like the doctor? i’m extremely healthy. check-ups are for kids and old people.”[break][break]

leaning against the counter, bo held up his beautifully crafted sandwich, ready to sink his teeth in – only to be further pestered about his health. sunscreen?[break][break]

“hell no. shit’s sticky.” he took a bite. it was delicious. ”m. sun’s good. good for you. and i get my workout on the farm. it’s a tough job.” and it got him in significantly less trouble than he figured fighting probably would.[break][break]